Introduction: Circular Laser Bevels on an Epilog... a Reality...

We got to thinking, and he mentioned he had a small display turntable for showing his lathe-work. So we decided to figure out a way to use my 45degree jig and his turntable to make bevels and chamfers around a circle with the laser!

Step 2: Challenge #2 - Rotate a Blank Circle to Be Beveled...

He made a sacrificial platter to place on top of the turntable's built-in platter. He also made a ring to have these align well. You can see the edges of the 1/8" "Squeeze 'n Sneeze" platter and ring which were connected and glued with a couple of dowels.

Comments

Thank you for confirming my crazy idea! I've been doing some work with a tilted table on the scroll saw and just KNEW there had to be a way to accomplish something similar with thin woods on the laser. I thought up just the same kind of mechanism, but was hesitant to spend the time making it, uncertain if it would be worth the time.

This gives me the confidence to go ahead and try it, I'll be playing around with this sometime soon.